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Short Read of the Week for February 24, 2022

This morning we discussed six articles, and settled on two that we recommend most highly. For its relevance to Tillamook County and the hope it offers that paranoids and extremists can be dealt with effectively when responsible, civic-minded people work together, we recommend this:

The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/sequim-qanon/
[our copy here]

And for its insight into the roots of the reversion toward barbarism that we presently witness as well as the astonishing admiration that Republicans have shown for Vladimir Putin, whom they view more favorably than they do our own president, we recommend this:

The Dark Century
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/opinion/liberalism-democracy-russia-ukraine.html
[our copy here]

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Direct link to item: https://tillcodems.org/whats-on-your-mind/2022/2/24/short-read-of-the-week-for-february-24-2022.